La vestale

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La vestale (The Vestal Virgin) is an opera composed by Gaspare Spontini to a French libretto by Etienne de Jouy. It was first performed at the Paris Opéra in Paris on December 15, 1807.

La vestale is a famous opera in historical terms but is only very infrequently performed. There are several recordings of it. Two of its arias, "Tu che invoco" and "O Nume tutela", are better known than the work as a whole.

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